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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety still compromised by computer weaknesses.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 25, 2005;10:1-3.

STUDY

A computer alert system to prevent injury from adverse drug events: development and evaluation in a community teaching hospital.

Raschke RA, Gollihare B, Wunderlich TA, et al. [published correction appears in JAMA. 1999;281:420]. JAMA. 1998;280:1317-1320.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"Plug and Play" hospitals: medical devices that exchange data could make hospitals safer.

Grifantini K. Technol Rev. July 9, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Reducing alarm hazards: selection and implementation of alarm notification systems.

Gee T, Moorman BA. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. March/April 2011;8:14-17.

STUDY

Predictive combinations of monitor alarms preceding in-hospital code blue events.

Hu X, Sapo M, Nenov V, et al. J Biomed Inform. 2012;45:913-921.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The enterprise take on patient safety.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. August 2005;26:12,14,16,18.

STUDY

Improving alarm performance in the medical intensive care unit using delays and clinical context.

Görges M, Markewitz BA, Westenskow DR. Anesth Analg. 2009;108:1546-1552.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.

Vanderveen T. Patient Saf Quality Healthc. January/February 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

One group of doctors changes its ways.

Hallinan JT. Post-Gazette.com. June 21, 2005.

STUDY

Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness.

Phillips J, Barnsteiner JH. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2005;28:317-323.

REVIEW

A review of current and emerging approaches to address failure-to-rescue.

Taenzer AH, Pyke JB, McGrath SP. Anesthesiology. 2011;115:421-431.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Alarm Interventions During Medical Telemetry Monitoring: A Failure Mode & Effects Analysis.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2008;5(suppl rev):1-50.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety.

Bagian JP, ed. Hum Factors Ergon Manuf Serv Ind. 2012;22:1-95.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drawn curtains, muted alarms, and diverted attention lead to tragedy in the postanesthesia care unit.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 21, 2013;18:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Clinical alarms: complexity and common sense.

Phillips J. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006;18:145-156.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Latest heparin fatality speaks loudly—what have you done to stop the bleeding?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! April 8, 2010;15:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Wrist tag 'offers drug warning.'

BBC News. August 9, 2005.

COMMENTARY

The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety

Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol Keohane, RN, BSN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Risk of electromagnetic interference with medical telemetry systems operating in the 460-470 MHz frequency bands.

MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; November 16, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

'Alarm fatigue’ a factor in 2nd death.

Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. September 21, 2011.

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